Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 pond. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Egter, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated

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Christmas Night Wrestling Fiasco

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Op Kersnag 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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Op Mei 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Aansprake op die kampioenskap was destyds baie duister. Boewery en vuil truuks het dikwels verbloem wie eintlik Amerikaanse kampioen was. Jem Mace, wat twee keer as Wêreldkampioen beskou is terwyl hy in Engeland geveg het, is onderteken om Tom te ontmoet

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“Worger” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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En “Worger” Lewis is een van die grootste professionele stoeiers en wêreldkampioene van alle tye. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, wat Lewis as promotors en stoeiers begin gebruik het, het professionele stoei oorgeskakel na 'n vooraf gereëlde of "gewerkte" uitstalling. Lewis het oorspronklik die voorste gesigslot of guillotine choke gebruik. Lewis se naamgenoot Evan "Strangler" Lewis het die voorste gesigslot of

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Matsuda Wins First Match

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Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Hy het uiteindelik verseker

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Skok, Vol. 2

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Met Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon geaffilieerde skakel), Roberto Pedreira tel die storie van Brasiliaanse Jiu-Jitsu op in wat hy beskou as sy bloeityd in Brasilië, 1950 – 1960. Behalwe Carlos en Helio Gracie, verskeie ander akademies, soos Oswaldo Fadda s'n, was ook floreer. Judo het gewild geword, maar het nie Jiu-Jitsu in gewildheid oorkom nie. Vale Tudo-wedstryde was op die hoogtepunt

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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This film (Koste skakel) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield gerig The Hound van die Baskervilles (1939) vir die twintigste eeu Fox. Nigel Bruce mede-sterre soos dr. John Watson. Rathbone and Bruce would play Holmes and Watson in thirteen subsequent films, one more for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve for Universal Pictures. This film is a

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Aberg Tempts Gotch

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Eintlik, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman se toernooi sou Woensdag begin

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Farmer Burns Wears Out Jack King

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Martin “Boer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Egter, Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Die worger” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns was stil

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